hollowed

past tense of hollow

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hollowed
Verb
  • Jingia dongxingensis was excavated from the Dongxing Formation and was named a new genus and species in 2024.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Its two towers, or oasts, plus firepits and facade are made from Catawba stone excavated during the brewery’s build-out, while local black walnut wood forms the bar top and wall coverings.
    Kate Bernot, Outside, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But a low spot in the ocean, a channel gouged down into the sand on the ocean surface, or a break in a sandbar, can disrupt that flow and push water through the spot to create a current much more powerful than the surrounding flow.
    Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The greedy people will get theirs when people get fed up with being gouged at every turn.
    Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • With its signature grooved aluminum shell, Rimowa’s spinners are both a fashion statement and a piece of travel engineering.
    Julie Loffredi, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Framed as cranks more than reasonable critics, the #FSGOut contingent have penetrated rather than defined the conversation around Liverpool since FSG took control in late 2010.
    Simon Hughes, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • My bullet had penetrated the neck between the jugular and the bone, missing the spine by a fraction.
    Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Hollowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollowed. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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